Bizarre Detective Agency

  Chapter 262 One hundred and seventy-seven. Mary's house

  The Champs-Elysees neighborhood.

   Gothic white buildings with similar appearances are adjacent to each other, and the street lamps are dimly lit in the dim sky under the drizzle.

   There are not many pedestrians on the street, and there are occasional horse-drawn carriages.

   A carriage appeared on the corner and stopped in front of a building on this rich street with a number 66 on it.

"right here."

   A female voice came from the carriage, then the curtain was lifted, and a lady in a long black dress stepped out of the carriage.

   "The carriage is in the back Wayne block, you can arrange the carriage there." She said to the car.

   A figure behind the curtain did not answer, but gently pulled the reins, and the carriage drove forward.

  Mary watched the carriage go away, and softly called to the surrounding space: "Anna, are you here?"

   Except for the figure on the ground wet by the drizzle, there was no voice to answer her.

  Mary pursed her lips and stood under the eaves waiting quietly. When the sky was dark and only a dim outline remained on the eaves in the distance, she saw a slender figure holding an umbrella and a travel bag in the other hand appeared in the field of vision.

  Lu Li walked to Mary's side, and a figure emerged from his side.

   "Let's go in." Mary pushed open the door and walked into the darkness inside the door.

  The figure in the dimness walked to the dining table, raised his hand and pulled something, a slight sound, the electric light several times brighter than the oil lamp poured from the top of his head.

  Light dispels people's fear of darkness.

  If it wasn't for the refuge point plan, Lu Li might consider installing an electric light in the detective agency.

  Anna looked at everything here with a novel and nostalgic look.

  Mary left the living room again, and turned on the lights upstairs and in every room. The bright light made the darkness invisible. Finally, she returned to the living room with a lighted oil lamp.

  Anna looked at Mary strangely, understanding her behavior of turning on all the lights, but not understanding why she was lighting the old oil lamp again.

  Mary smiled softly: "Anna, you are with the investigator, and you should have a better understanding of the darkness than I do."

  Anna nodded vaguely. As a ghost, she couldn't feel what humans would encounter in the dark.

  Mary put the oil lamp on the table, looked at Anna's cheek and said softly, "Remember, you came here on your 15th birthday."

  Anna nodded.

  The soft color on Mary's face was darker, and she turned to look at Lu Li: "Guest, what would you like to eat?"

"whatever."

  Mary nodded, her eyes fell on the travel bag that Lu Li was carrying: "I'll take you to the guest room first."

  The room arranged by Mary was upstairs, with the window facing the Avenue of the Champs-Elysees. Lu Li put down his travel bag at the foot of the bed and walked to the window to observe the surroundings. He noticed that some dark shadows were gradually appearing on the street. They gathered under some street lamps, covered their heads with waterproof tarpaulins, and leaned against each other.

   Scavengers or homeless people, a group of people living at the bottom, when the night comes, they will approach the light place like moths.

   Before the disaster of the night appeared, although they were difficult, they could still survive. And after the Calamity of Night, almost every night homeless people die because they are in the dark.

   took Lu Li to the guest room, and Mary went back downstairs to prepare dinner.

  Lu Li watched the figures quietly for a while, then drew the curtains to block everything from the outside world.

   "You want to help them?" Anna walked to Lu Li's side.

  Although Lu Li never showed any emotion, Anna could see it.

"Um."

   But Lu Li couldn't do anything. He can only rely on the refuge point to protect himself as much as possible now, and then he wants to help others.

   An hour later, dinner was prepared by Mary. She walked out of the kitchen with the last pot of mashed potatoes in her hand. She didn't even change her clothes, she was still wearing her afternoon dress with only a layer of apron over it.

  Mary unbuttoned her apron, sat in front of a table of sumptuous dishes, and asked Anna tentatively, "Can you taste the food?"

  Anna shook her head slightly.

   If she could, she wouldn't be cooking all that bad food.

   "It's alright, you can..." The "accompany" Mary couldn't say it, which sounded too cruel.

  Mary was in a good mood, but she didn't eat much and kept talking to Anna.

   Lu Li was the opposite of her. He refused to speak, and ate as much as he could. The days were getting tougher, and there were not many opportunities to eat casually.

  After dinner, it is almost eight o'clock, usually people are ready to rest at this time. After Marie packed the table, she asked Anna, "Anna, can you come to my place and talk to me?"

  Anna didn't answer and looked at Lu Li hesitantly.

   She didn't want to leave Lu Li's side, but she wanted to accompany her mother's best friend.

   "Go and accompany her." Lu Li said.

   Since arriving at Symfast, Anna's personality has begun to change.

   is no longer like a girl, she has become more silent, and is less willing to show all her emotions on her face, the only thing that has not changed is relying on Lu Li.

   But Lu Li didn't do anything, he just stood by and silently watched the development of the situation.

   The reason why he didn't intervene.

   Compared with the price of stronger strength, Ana's change at this time is more like a kind of growth.

   fade away the greenness and enter the growth of the adult world.

   watched Anna and Mary return to her bedroom, Lu Li went upstairs to return to the room, and locked the door.

   Sitting down beside the bed, Lu Li fell into thought.

   duh duh-

   At a certain moment, there was a knocking sound outside the window.

   Lu Li touched his waist, opened a corner of the curtain, a shadow darker than darkness stood by the window, dark eyes looked at Lu Li.

  Black crow?

   Lu Li stretched out his hand and took out two small wooden boxes from his arms. The boxes were tightly covered, and the contents were still inside.

   is not attracted by the smell, why does it appear outside the window?

  …

   Red Sea Bar.

With a    bang, a figure full of alcohol stumbled out of the door.

   The falling light rain and the cold air made the figure slightly awake. He lit the oil lamp in his hand, and swayed away in the direction of going home.

   As he approached a dark alley, there was a sudden sound of rushing running and a hoarse cry for help.

The    figure was attracted by the sound, and looked at the alley where the sound came from. When he saw the unkempt woman appearing in front of the alley, the feeling of drinking mostly faded.

   Then the woman was pulled back into the alley by several outstretched hands.

   The voice hesitated for a while, and he gritted his teeth and walked into the alley. Suddenly, a tall and ferocious face appeared on the edge of the oil lamp, with a fierce expression: "Boy, do you want to meddle in your business?"

   The courage that had just appeared was blown away by the cold wind, and he said in a trembling voice: "I...no...no...not nothing..."

   He turned hastily and took a step—

  Dang 啷——

  The unattended oil lamp fell to the ground, and the front of the alley was dead silent.

  The silence lasted for a while, and a female voice murmured: "Why didn't you save me?"

   Another terrified voice sounded: "I wanted to help you! Please don't ah ah ah ah-"

   The screams came to an abrupt end, and there were only dull chewing and slow sounds in the dark alley.

   "Why don't you save me..."

   (end of this chapter)